Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Telling you , I thought we 'd of been clomping around on the bare floor-boards and sitting on orange-boxes watching a wee black-and-white portable for ever . |
| 2 | Missed departure cover is particularly important because there is more chance of being held up on the way to the airport in winter than in summer . |
| 3 | They could , in theory , be collected in another trailer and taken away , instead of being put back on the field . |
| 4 | Opener Atherton was due to play in the first Test at Calcutta before being forced out on the morning of the match because of illness . |
| 5 | Before their arrival at Heathrow , their passports and tickets were confiscated ; when the British Airways plane landed , they were separated from the other passengers , put into a van and driven around for several hours before being forced back on the plane and sent out of the UK . |
| 6 | It would therefore appear that where , for example , a solicitor on behalf of his client commences a personal injury action which includes a claim for damages of less than £50,000 by way of writ in the High Court , the proceedings are bound to be struck out on the basis that the solicitor ought to have known of the provision contained in art 5(1) of the 1991 Order . |
| 7 | Indeed every second customer is probably just like me , but the charade is going to be played out on the basis that I am being difficult . |
| 8 | But before it does , the Daily Mirror , along with Carry On creators Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas , has been looking back at some of the funniest moments ever to be played out on the big screen . |
| 9 | He seems to be cashing in on the goodwill of those who regret the party 's ‘ new start ’ last month when it renamed itself the Hungarian Socialist Party ( HSP ) . |
| 10 | Later they told me that the examination had shown that I was not yet sixteen and that I was to be sent back on the next flight . ’ |
| 11 | This policy is back in the desk drawer at the moment , but it is clearly going to be placed back on the table , since the government is even considering charging thirty pound a night for N H S beds . |
| 12 | Mike needs to be filled in on the latest developments . ’ |
| 13 | At one time it looked like everything we 'd done in twenty years was going to be spread out on the table — and that included sating up a group to destabilise our closest ally if it got needed . |
| 14 | A telephone statement enables the last 25 recorded transactions to be read back on the phone . |
| 15 | It seems that matters have fallen behind schedule and need to be put back on the rails . |
| 16 | If the ban is approved , the contractor would have the chance to reapply in two years to be put back on the list . |
| 17 | So you 'd like to be put down on the ballot to be approved do you ? |
| 18 | But numerous patronymics of later formation have lasted — Johnson , Jackson , Peterson , Lawson , FitzPayne — perhaps to a total of more than a hundred and fifty , and to this day there are useful studies to be carried out on the distribution patterns of such rarities as Mattimoe = relative of Matthew . |
| 19 | The only important road works that had to be carried out on the Penge lines comprised widening and strengthening the bridge over the railway at Anerley Station , cutting back the forecourts of Penge Police Station and property adjoining Penge Station ( I.B.S.C. Railway ) . |
| 20 | Following complaints from the Local Authority , repairs had to be carried out on the paving between the rails on the Tooting line , early in 1912 . |
| 21 | Is there any obligation for an external audit to be carried out on the books and records of the organisation , or is this a matter to be decided according to an internally agreed constitution ? |
| 22 | Although much work remains to be carried out on the coach , including repairs to windows and roof , restoration of interior compartments and finally repainting in L & SWR salmon pink and brown livery , it is hoped to complete the restoration within a year where the LSWR carriage will join the TVR coach and the two GWR coaches to form a very unique vintage train and to move the Gwili further up the valley . |
| 23 | But , above all , more intensive studies need to be carried out on the pottery of the second half of the fourth century to ensure a greater refinement in dating . |
| 24 | Their pointing gestures and vocalisations will be video-recorded to allow detailed analyses to be carried out on the characteristics of pre-verbal communication . |
| 25 | I 'd be very grateful if you could let me have written confirmation of exactly what is involved and how often the various procedures are to be carried out on the playing field and the area around the War Memorial in Scorton . |
| 26 | Emissions which currently amount to nearly 500,000 tonnes per year will be cut to 73,000 tonnes as a result of modernization to be carried out on the plants , in the towns of Nikel and Monchegorsk on the Kola peninsula . |
| 27 | A post mortem 's yet to be carried out on the dead man . |
| 28 | Away from the madding crowds the Sarsfields clubman is to be found down on the 100 acre family farm in Ballyuan presiding over the sheep and cattle . |
| 29 | Do n't let's frighten people and think they 're going to be thrown out on the street because they ca n't pay their rent . |
| 30 | SPM forces were later reported to be closing in on the capital from the south , with help from the Somali Salvation Democratic Front ( SSDF ) , which claimed by March 21 to have defeated USC forces near Ceel Buur , 350 km north-east of Mogadishu . |